Trimming mechanism.



J. H. MIOHENER, JR.

TRIMMING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2a, 1908.

N Witnesses 9 2th n YT. 7 mm G aw A H fl M J. H. MIGHENER, J12.

TRIMMING MECHANISM. I APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

Patented July 27, 1909.

A'L OTIZQy J. H. MIDHENER, JR.

TRIMMING MECHANISM.

AIPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

Patented July 27, 1909.

4 SHEETS-SHEET S.

J. H; MIOHENER, JR. TRIMMING MECHANISM. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 28, 1908.

929,61 9. Patented July 27, 1909 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

itzfoii /ey 9 ME CHANISM.

Lowers mtem. P111241 ma 2?, 1909.

Apyli'cafion filed HM 2B, 180?. Serial No. $855 25.

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of tho ZLPIJ'BA'QLC 3S Hos-J 11s totem H13" do liver coal ioto any portof he bi'mkol ovon though that mania-r m of irregular Himpv and parts thereof Ninth 0W invonionivnt of 21-0- oess. Also moans i'o'i' :mheuiiiig: and 'I'PmoY- Zing, pi'cf'ombiy in tho may part of their transit in sucnan app-Lnmus, ti 0 larger lumps of coal so as to .nunimgzo the won and tom: on

the shovel clement him-ooh", are desirablefesitures. Menus for menmplishing those desirable and: are embodied in my improvements and comprise, first, ono s 1' more conveyor units iwihea'tvd in a general Way at 'and 50 in Figs. 1 and L2, and Sin Figs. 3 and 4. Those mqvoyar units in general alike and intuichzmgozibin Tom the position of unit 5 to that of Si) by the shifting of a. few romovabio pans and the nppm situs may be indofinitoly extended by adding further units of the some iiltli'iu' lll'. is, 2 rru11god to allow i Emu m. iooifving 0nd to'isiido hawk of the maxi i'oiii'wii'gu' b as :3 whoroby the apparatus has w15wnwbilityboyond that obtained '0 m. m i'umoving a 0011"- veyer unit as :i imio "o by providing suil'icimib room bo zwoen {02"Nzlfli supports 10, 11 of unit 5 tho Tour-xvmr-zi end of unit-5'0 "o Mi to said 134, 35,'to be ad, said mutmay be swung; at izoi'i unit 5. Ali-1o ii}; nu m a hereiimflm axiom g u 50 is .(woiisurniuml ii swi :1 some point in its longtli undo? he deli-H1" indioatml m a gem oral Way by and 1. i'ofe1': ii ..1. "111;; ii plurality oi biades i shovel u 51114 is mounted for free houzout'nl niowrimgnt about a, pivot carried by Lilo 1am;- nit, as .50 of my conveyor means. Pow is or portable illk'li fli' of 60-. indicated in ign g-fllt'li'ili vim power nmyf' i: t moms of my How? shafts as 31, FF; vidgd with 00 Also unit idiy index 13m delivery endmeshing with bevel gear on shaft 9 of said drum 7. For taking up slack in belt 6 drum 8 may be mounted in slidable boxes 16, 17,

and idle drum 18 adjacent to drum 7 is preferably su plied under the lower run of said belt for t e support thereof. The rear end of said unit is supported on swivel casters as 21, mounted in frame 25 and the delivery end of said unit is provided with sockets 26, 27 for thereceptign of-removable wheeled supports as 10, 11.. The rear or receiving end of said unit is provided with seat 19 and latches as 23 for the reception and retention of a hopper as 24. Also the delivery end of said unit is provided With means such as sockets 28, 28 for the reception of thehinge members of swinging guides or wings 34, 35. All the features of the conveyor unit which have just been described are common to all conveyor units in my improved apparatus.

The following parts and devices are used only on the first unit 5. To wit, hopper 24 for the initial reception of the coal from hoisting bucket or elevator; the receivin r lip 240 of this hopper may pro'ect outwar ly from the bunker porthole 1f esi'redor delivery of coal thereto may be made through an auxiliary hop er not shown. Removably secured to side p ates 12, 13 is cross bar 29 on which are 'sup orted blades 36' preferably alternately ong and short and which blades serve as a screen for separating the larger lumps of coal from the general mass passln along on belt 6. Said blades are incline upwardly from their receiving ends and said receiving ends, of at least a'portion of said blades lie in close proximit tobelt 6 so as to readily receive. thereon suc lumps of coal as are conveyed thereto. The central blade of blades 36 preferably extends upwardly and forwardly beyond. the upper ends of the other blades 36' and said other blades are shorter and shorter at their upper ends as they near side plates 12, 13 whereby any lumps passing upwardly thereover will be discharged sidewlse from said blades. Under the upper or d ischa rge ends of said blades 36 ,are secured plates 37 inclined downwardly from under the center blade and 0X- tending over and beyond side )lates 12,13

whereby luln. s discharged by rails 36 willi'be deflected an discharged sidewise outside ofsaid conveye'r. It is obvious that rails or blades may be substituted for dates 37 with equal efficiency. Also mounted on side plates 12, 13 is shaft 38 on which are fixed lifters or spiders 39 for assisting said lumps onto blades 36 and forcing them upwardly there over. Shaft 38 may be provided. With sprocket 40 thereon and to which powermay'fj be communicated by means of chain 41' plates 12, 13 are swinging guides or wings 34,;-

35 respectively, for deflecting the coal from belt 6 onto the next succeeding belt. Said 7 are hinged vertically to the line of travel of the working face of belt 6 and the hinges 44, 45 thereof are provided with springs as 55 for urging the depending portions of said Wings outwardly for en agement' with side plates-120, 136 respectively. Saidwings 34, 35 are also efficient to maintain the receiving portion of conveyor 50-111 receiving position under the delivery end of conveyer 5. The only part that usedoh the last unit as 50, that is not common to all. the conveyer units, is forward wheeled carriage 46 and which carriage lS'TGD'lOVBblY attached to said unit 50 by means of sockets 26, 27 thereon. Said carriage 46 is provided with as: r

47 pivoted at 48 therein for engagement with rotary shovel 20. v

Diectar ing medns.-Reierring now more particular y to Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the discharge element of my improved apparatus, ind-i cated in a generalwayby 26 (Fig. i), comprises-a horizontal shaft 60 mounted insultable bearings 61, 62 reinovahl attachedto frame 63 by lock pins 64, 64.1 ester is com- .municated from flexible shaft 32 through bevel gear'fifi shaft 60. Fixedto shaft 66 arstvro disks thereon'to hovel gear 6660p 1 1 66, 66between which are plvotally mounted.

a plurality of shovel blades 6'7, 67 .""Said blades are pivoted on pins as 68,, 6S and'are I normally held against stops 69,69 on disk 1::

66, 66 by means of pull springs '56, 70 all: re: speetively. Said yieldabie mounting of b ades. 67, 67 is proyided so that whensaid blades strike lumps or other obstructions or encounter an overload they may yield bar-l:- wardly relative to their direction of travel and thus tern o'raril relieve themselves while springs 70 being thus put under in creased tension will promptly restore said blades to their normalposztiens. Also it will be observed, see dotted: position of blade at 6 70 Fig. 6, that said. f with. a so pivoted relative to shaft 60 .tha't.v shown and described their-enter edges as 60-7 are lifted away from pan-71 therebyafiording 1 additional relief from-undue strain botlrto as they yield as the individual blades and to the shovel as a.

whole and to' the driving mechanism therefor: If desired said blades 67, 6'7 inay be pivoted by their inner edges directly to 60 and spring sustained all within the scope of my 5 pan 71 having sidesiYQ-fiQ upstanding therefrom. Said pan is red to cross plate 76 of frame 63. The-reaia'ard end 73 (Fig. 1) of said pan 71 is flared out into a receiving portion. Frame 63 isprovided with a pivot ear 7 4 for engagementwith link 47 of carriage 46 so thatwhen rota-ryshovel'20 is swiveled in the horizontal plane; said portion 73 will always he in receiving POSllSlOIl under the delivery end of conveyer50. Carriage 63 may it be rovided' With'easters 7 5, 75 to facilitate sair horizon'flal-s t'itfdling and its general movement. -5

For directing-the discharge of shovel 20, I have supplied one'or more shii'table deflectors as 77, 78 pivotally mounted concentrio with shaft 60, by means of arms as 7 9, 80 on sleeve (510, 620 inreaching frombearings 61, 62a peotively. Said deflectors ay be provid with sides as 83, 84 and ma bo secured inwany desired position by means of clamps as 81 operatod'by levers as 82. By means of my improved"arrangement including fixed pan 71 and shiftable deflectors 77, 78 the stream of material delivered by blades 67, 67 may be directed in the vertical plane from a forward direction slightly above the.

horizontal, see arrow S30 fiptof'arear- Ward horizontal direchmm'jsee agri jow 840 Fig. 5. v i

with the frontedge of deflector 77 raised to the positionindicated by dotted lines at770, deflector 75S'is maintained, in an idle position as shown in said Fig. 6. When it-is desired to discharge rearwardly deflector 78 is moved into operative position for eoaction with deflector 77 and pan 71, as shown for instance indfig. 5. By withdrawing lock ins 64, 64 theErotary portion of shovel 20 an the deflectors therefor may be removed from 5 frame 3 and pan 71, to facilitate handling and the introduction to and removal from the bunker.

u, avlng now described my improved appas, I claim: 5 :"L'lhe combination of an endless conveyer having sides thereon, a second conveyor having sides thereon and slidable unde the first conveyor, Wings pivoted to the delivery ends of the sides of the first conveyer and adapted for engagement with the sides of the second conveyor, allrespoctivelv for maintaininga,.-reee1v1ng portion of Sn second conveyor swivelably located ,under the delivery end of the first conveyor.

2. The combination of a substantially horizontal conveyor, a revoluhie shovel mounted on a horizontal axis, said shovel being insubstantiaily the same horizontal plane as the conveyor, a receiving pan under the shovel, said pan extending under the point of delivcry of said conveyor and connected .to sard conveyer for horizontal being so pivotally movement as to maintain said pan always in receiving osition rel'ptive to the delivery end of sai conveyors 3. The combination of a revolublc shovel, a fixed panthereundor, a lower shiftahle dofiector for coaction with the fixed pan vfor varying the direction of dischar e from "said shovel, means for shifting the oiloctor and means for holding it inposition, an upper shiftable deflector gfor coaction with said lower deflector and means for shifting said upper deflector and means for holding it in position. i

4. The combination of a revolublc shovel, a fixed pan thereunder, a lower deflector shiftable about the axis of theshovcl for coaction with the fixed pan for varying inthe vertical plane the direction of discharge from said shovel, means for shifting said do- .flector and means for holding-it in position,

an upper defiector'shiftable about the axis of the shovel for coaction with the lower do: fleetor, means for shifting said lower doflcctor and means for holding it in position.

5. The combination of a rcvoluble shovel com rising a plurality of blades each so pivotali y mounted near the axis of the shovel that as they swing .on said pivots the outer edges of said blades will move inwardly from their normal path {of revolution about the .axisof the shovel and moanslorur ing said *blades to then nor-rind POSltlOHSELl respectiv'elyfa fixed pan undersaid shovel, a lower shiftable deflector for-ecoaction with the fixed 'pan for varying-tho"direction of discharge from said shovel, means for shifting the deflector and moan'sior holding it in position, an upper shiftahle deflector for coaction with. said lower deflector and means for shifting said upper deflector and means for holding it in position. i

6. In a portable trimming mechanism an endless conveyor, :1. second endless conveyor shiftable lengthwise under the delivery end of the first conveyor and snivelahlo in the horizontal plane relative thereto, means for maintaining a receiving ortion of said second conveyor under the elivery end of s rid first convcver, means for guiding the material from the first conveyeronto the second conveycr,a revoluble shovel having a receiving pan thereunder, said pan extending under the delivery end of the last conveyor,

means for maintainin said pan sw-ivelahly under said delivervsen d moansfor actuating the conveyorv andi meansffor rotating: the shovel. v

7. In a portable trimming mechanism an endless conveyor, 11- secomlendless conveyor shiftable lcngthuise underth'e delivery 0nd of the first convcyerand swivclablc in the horizontal plane relative thereto, means for maintaining a receiving portion of said sec- 0nd conveyer under the very end of said first conveyer, means forguiding the material from'the first eonv'eyer ont -o ,the secbndcpnveyer, a revoluble shp yel having a staktlonary'receivmg an there'li'nder said an extendingunder t e ,delivery; end of the est conveyer, means for maintainingusaideniswivelably under said delivei'ybiid,-a de eetor fer eeaetion withthe statipnary-pan, a.

10 second gleflector for coaction with first deflector, means for actuating pthe cenveyers and means for rotating the shovel Signed this 25th day of May, 1908, In the Park Row Building,-

sUbscribing-witnesses.

JOHN HJMIOHENER, JR.

I Wit esses: Y

1 VVILBER M. STONE,

CHAS. W; LA ARUE.

New York, before two 

